Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him to whom he has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first and do him good in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor; and this thy beneficence will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fulness and consummation of the inclination to do good.

But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.

All our knowledge begins with the senses...

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!

All perception is colored by emotion.